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Art Fettig's Monday Morning Memo
April 5, 2010
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In This Issue
o Working with Tragedy
o Say Something Good
o Visit Our Website
o Points To Ponder
o A Little Humor
o Quote of the Week
o To Subscribe
..... I found a whole lot more to laugh at other than people's misfortunes. |
Working with Tragedy
I was looking for some humor for our humor section when I came upon the offering below. It is what I would call sick humor. That is, making light of a tragedy. At one point in my life, after serving as a combat infantryman in Korea and then working on the railroad for several years investigating some horrible crossing accidents and some tragic employee injuries and such, one day when I was just about as low in spirits as one can get, I happened to pull out all of my favorite cartoons at that time and I lined them all up on my desk. I had read something about "sick" humor and I was shocked to see that nearly all of my favorite cartoons depicted a scene where someone had sustained a death or tragic injury from an act of stupidity. Not long after that I read some sort of study that showed that those who investigated tragedies and handled claims had a really high rate of alcoholism and suicide. Hmmmm. I was not a happy camper at that time. Eventually my life changed, I got a job working to prevent injuries and disasters and I found a whole lot more to laugh at other than people's misfortunes.
I guess every job has it's liabilities and bad points but having a daily exposure to others who are suffering from tragedy can take a severe toll on a person. It is good now and then to stand back and check on your sense of humor to get a handle on your standing as a human being.
Say Something Good
Dining out. Jean and I had quite a nice experience recently dining at Jim's Famous Ribs in Chapel Hill. The Decatur Street Beat, a fine little five piece Dixieland band was playing and the seat I had against the wall was such that I could see the band, not far away, and to my left was the main room. To me it looked just like the inside of a small riverboat and the windows at the back had awnings on them and about fifty feet back there was a tree line and I swear it looked just like a shoreline and so as I basked in the beauty of that fine old music I felt like a world traveler sailin' slowly, riverboat style down the Mississippi river. Such music it was and the catfish was superb. Sometimes just a bit of dreaming can transport you anywhere because this is America. May God bless America and keep our troops from harm.
Visit Our Website
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Points To Ponder
Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them. James A. Michener
A Little Humor
Three rednecks were working up on a cell phone tower: Cooter, Ronnie and Donnie. As they start their descent, Cooter slips; falls off the tower; and is killed instantly. As the ambulance takes the body away, Ronnie says, "Well, shucks, someone should go and tell his wife."
Donnie says, "I hardly know the guy, but... OK, I'm pretty good at that sensitive stuff; I'll do it." Two hours later, he comes back carrying a case of Budweiser. Ronnie says, "Where did you get that beer, Donnie?" "Cooter's wife gave it to me," Ronnie replies."That's unbelievable; you told the lady her husband was dead.... and she gave you beer?" "Well, not exactly," Donnie replies. "When she answered the door, I said to her, 'you must be Cooter's widow.'She said, 'You must be mistaken. I'm not a widow..' Then I said, 'I'll bet you a case of Budweiser you are.'" Rednecks are good at sensitive stuff.
Quote of the Week
Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them. Louisa May Alcott
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